Before he graduated from Jorge Tadeo Lozano's University with a publicist d… Read Full Bio ↴Before he graduated from Jorge Tadeo Lozano's University with a publicist degree, singer Carlos Vives joined different bands and participated in several plays. In 1982, the artist got a role in the Colombian TV series Tiempo Sin Huella, starting his successful acting career, later extending his professional skills to the Puerto Rican television.

After participating in some teen programs as a singer/actor, he got the main role in the telenovela (soap opera) "Gallito Ramírez," which made him a famous actor. Later, another telenovela, "Escalona" made him return to his "costeño" roots (he was born in Santa Marta, the same town of the famous soccer player "El Pibe" Valderrama, located in the north coast of Colombia) and mainly to sing classic vallenato songs of one of the most prestigious vallenato composers, Rafael Escalona. The soundtrack of "Escalona" quickly became a major hit in radio and CD sales and allowed vallenato to conquest other colombian cities outside the "costa" (north coast) that hadn´t previously accepted it.

After forming a band called La Provincia, the singer and guitarist began performing a local style known as Vallenato, successfully touring his native country, Colombia, and South America. In 1994, Carlos Vives' "La Gota Fria," became his first smash, climbing on the most important music charts around Latin America. In 1996, under the slogan of Unete A Los Locales (Join the Local Ones), the talented musician created his own label, called Gaira, to promote and give an incentive to local artists like "Bloque de Búsqueda" and "Distrito".

Carlos Vives also hosted an important show of the Colombian TV, "La Tele". With irreverent and sometimes escatologic humour this program promoted the figures of Martin De Francisco and Germán Moure, in a country where criticism has always been divorced of popular jokes. This program was then reborn as an animated version which turned to be the first weekly 25 minute animated series of Colombia and Latinamerica, called "El Siguiente Programa" ("The Next Show")

His style, which mixes vallenato, rock and champeta (an African-influenced music) was then used by several Colombian artists, giving birth to the "Tropipop" movement.

Te Extrañaré
Carlos Vives Lyrics

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Hoy terminó un beso
y un adiós
Hoy se acaba una historia de amor
Sorpresivo final
Sin un por qué
Ni una razón
Simplemente el destino
Nos dio diferentes caminos

Es difícil olvidar
Es tan duro abandonar
Comprenderé
Confiaré en mi valor

Te extrañaré
Solo quedan sueños dentro de mí
Una nota de amor
Sensaciones que escapan al tiempo
Te extrañaré
Viviré bebiendo de la ilusión
Del regreso, quizás
De poderte abrazar
De nuevo
Sé que te voy a extrañar

Se esconde el sol
Que tarde gris
Sin ti
Hay un frío en el aire
O es frío que llevo por dentro
Te escribiré
Sin dirección
Te diré que la luna
Me ha visto llorar en silencio
Que las noches me encontrarán

Recorriendo la ciudad
Tu recuerdo me acompañará

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Carlos Vives's song "Te Extrañaré" are about the end of a love story. The first stanza talks about how a kiss and a goodbye mark the end of this story, which had a sudden and unexplained ending. The second stanza expresses the difficulty of forgetting and how it's tough to let go. The chorus talks about how the writer will miss their love and how only dreams and memories remain. It also speaks of the hope and illusion of being reunited with their lover one day.

The third stanza sets the scene of a gray and cold day, where the writer is missing their lover. The writer mentions that they will write to their lover despite not knowing where they are. They express their feelings to the moon and how they cry silently at night. In the last line, the writer says that they will carry their lover's memory wherever they go.

Overall, the song is a melancholic expression of lost love and the pain that comes with it. The writer reflects on their emotions while still holding on to hope for a reunion with their lover.

Line by Line Meaning

Hoy terminó un beso
Today, a kiss ended

y un adiós
and a goodbye

Hoy se acaba una historia de amor
Today, a love story ends

Sorpresivo final
Surprising ending

Sin un por qué
Without a reason

Ni una razón
Nor an explanation

Simplemente el destino
Simply destiny

Nos dio diferentes caminos
Gave us different paths

Es difícil olvidar
It's hard to forget

Es tan duro abandonar
It's so hard to leave behind

Comprenderé
I'll understand